The Democratic National Committee launched an effort Thursday to "protect the vote" as Republican lawmakers in a number of states tweak election laws.
Democrats contend the effort -- including here in North Carolina -- is aimed at disenfranchising voters who supported the president and Democratic candidates in 2008.
On a conference call, DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz rejected the GOP argument that fraud pervades elections. "The truth is that every major investigation into voter fraud ... has arrived at the same conclusion: there is almost none," she said.
The call highlighted the North Carolina legislature's efforts to require a voter ID or curtail early voting dates, saying it fits a national patter of Republicans trying to restrict voting in 2012 battleground states. The Tar Heel state also gets prominent play in the DNC's report on the voting rights. Find the report here.
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Who's right to vote are we concerned about here?
December 2, 2011 - 3:12pm — drewinncIs anyone really contesting the requirement of someone to show an ID to prove they have the right to vote? If someone has the ability to go cast a vote, shouldn't they be able to get a photo ID?
I think it's the Democrats who's true colors are showing in this blanket assumption that someone who wants to cast a vote is somehow unable to go get a photo ID. It treats people like children who are unable to get their big boy pants on and go get a photo ID.
The opposition to a voter ID requirement is perhaps one of the most baffling ideas the left has come up with recently.
If you're really that concerned that someone doesn't get the right to vote, don't forget that every fraudulent vote cast cancels out the right to vote of someone who voted properly.
GOP & Jim Crow
December 2, 2011 - 8:57am — MalleusMaleficarumThe GOP reels from tragedy to tragedy. Now the Republicans want to revive the corpse of Jim Crow and set him to the task of keeping blacks from voting. Republicans are afraid of letting the poor, the black and the minorities vote. Shame on them.